Balmar smart gauge and 10 hour AH testing
So this guy was selling an open box Balmar smart gauge on fleabay. They are expensive and I go by voltage to gauge my batterys by that. Well he had a make offer price so I lowballed @ $140. He didnt ...
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lawrosa wrote:
Just a side note. Actual volts @ batts are 12.45. So MT50 showing 12.4 is closer to accurate. The balmer shows 12.35 v..
Probably the 11 feet of 12 gauge wire for the balmer. Where the MT50 is off the solar controller with RJ45. And the controller is 4 ft from batts with 8 gauge.
And thats how I usually gauges it when boondocking. If my inside meters read 12.2 or 12.1 I can be assured the actual batt voltage was/is higher
Yes, cross-check everything. You get to "know your rig" and can then tell if something isn't right. Another thing is when your meter's battery gets low, the voltage reads higher, and it happens over time so you don't notice right away and get wrong info for a while until you do notice. Cross-checking helps with that.
